happenings...

1. this was taken a few weeks ago on our way to school. i used the waterlouge app to make it look like a water color.

2. i wish we still had a magnolia tree. they smell so good and they're so pretty.  maybe i should get a mini one...

3. well, saturday we decided to get out of the house and took the kids to an astro vs. white sox game.

4. we had a great time eating and the game was pretty close. 

5. of course the db behind us was annoying. another white sox fan was cheering when the wife said, "she's going to get beat up if she doesn't be quiet."  her intelligent husband said, "well i hope she does."

6. kaylee heard the whole thing and it only made her cheer louder for our beloved white sox.  we ended up losing by 1.

7. i went and spent my birthday money [for the 100th time] on monday and got an iPad mini. i LOVE it!  its the perfect size for when i don't want to be on the computer.

8. meryl davis won dancing with the stars- whoop whoop!  kaylee and i cheered and cheered like it was the super bowl or something!

9. seriously, i could watch her and max dance till forever, its just beautiful.

10. still getting stuff around for the big garage sale this weekend. i'm in shock that it could actually happen.

an awesome birthday weekend

1.  so last thursday was my birthday. i got this in the mail and knew who it was when i saw it was from hawaii. 

2. that would be one of my favorite people from indiana who knows that heather brown is my favorite hawaiian artist. (this is her new book.)

 3. this was delivered in the afternoon sent by my sweet family.  i've always wanted one and i have to say they are awesome. did you know it costs extra for pineapple and chocolate?

 4. then mike came home with these.  the one on the right is kind of a joke bouquet. he use to get me those all the time and one time i asked him if he realized they had other arrangements that had different varieties of flowers? (not saying he had to get me more expensive ones!)

5. then we went to campioni's (local restaurant) for dinner. the food was so awesome!

 6. this is mike retrieving one of my earrings he knocked into the 68 degree pool. thats what he gets for trying to push me friday morning after our 2 mile walk.

7.  mike's parents and my parent's sent me money. (yeah- money!)

8.  saturday, before dinner, we took ham shopping for clothes. he got 2 pairs of shorts and a shirt. we went to one store for 30 minutes then he was done- men!

 9. we went to benihana's to continue my birthday celebration. i wanted ham to be there.
(he should be smiling after what we spent on his 2 pairs of shorts and shirt!)

10. and one with me and the kids. it was an awesome birthday!
 (our waiter wrote happy 18th birthday on the receipt so i'm keeping it with my other birthday cards)

Birthday Cruise

1. my birthday cruise was fun but my company could have been better.

2. my company slept, read and gambled most of the time. [found out she really didn't want to come and i "forced" her into it]

3. i walked, ate, shopped and tanned. gambled some too but not as much as my sister.

4. she would take a break from gambling or sleeping so we could meet up for fancy dinner and eat warm chocolate melting cake.

5. while tanning i decided that i'm going to do a birthday cruise from now on. [mike said " yeah, right".  Till i reminded him of his many football trips]

6. though next time someone else is invited.

7. in progresso they dropped us off at a make shift market where everyone would give you "their best deals" but then around the corner was the beach and your more tourist-y  shops and resturants.

8. in cozumel there were more shops and restaurants. it was a bit more modern too.

9. i wanted to do an excursion in cozumel but felt my sister didn't want to then she got mad at me for not sharing my spinach and artichoke dip the night before so i was left by myself and wished i had signed up for an excursion anyway.

10. overall i still had a great time and got to meet some nice people.